Its possible that we could achieve enlightened society. It is not really impractical and purely idealistic at all. Shambhala vision teaches us that we could be heroic, warriorlike and kind at the same time.The author of Shambhala: the Sacred Path of the Warrior delivers an impassioned plea to all of us to help the world. This beautiful colour video captures his dynamism, depth and humour.This talk is also available as a set of two talks (Creating An Enlightened Society & Building Enlightened Society) with a study plan. Kalapa Recordings,1 DVD, 80 minutes.

Trungpa was born in Eastern Tibet and recognized as an incarnation of the Trungpa line at an early date. He studied with, among others, one of the reincarnations of the Jamgyon Kongtrul who wrote the most famous commentary on the Seven Points. In 1959 he fled to India in the wake of the Communist takeover in Tibet, courageously leading many of his people to safety (this period is described in his book Born in Tibet.) He came to England in the mid-sixties to study at Oxford, learned English, started to teach, and started one of the first Tibetan Buddhist centers in the West. He later dropped his monastic vows, married, and moved to America where he continued his teaching. He founded the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, a large and highly respected Buddhist universit